SLC Development XI suffer back-to-back defeats

The Sri Lanka Cricket Development team that featured in three high scoring draws on their tour of the UK. Suffered back-to-back defeats against Surrey and Somerset in the T20 format.

They went down to Surrey by nine wickets after being bowled out for 106 in 18.5 overs, and to Somerset by 66 runs with another poor batting display that saw them dismissed for 128 chasing 195 for victory. In both games the SLC Development XI failed to bat out the quota of 20 overs.

Lost to Surrey by nine wickets

• SLC Development XI 106 (18.5) (Dhananjaya Lakshan 27, Ashen Bandara 33, Reece Topley 3/13, Sam Curran 2/21, Jamie Overton 2/8)
• Surrey 111-1 (9.4) (Will Jacks 58*, Ollie Pope 31*)

Lost to Somerset by 66 runs

• Somerset 194-4 (20) (Tom Banton 34, James Rew 47, George Bartlett 82*, Dunith Wellalage 2/32)
• SLC Development XI 128 (17.3) (Nuwanidu Fernando 21, Ashen Bandara 38, Lewis Goldsworth 3/28, Ben Green 3/25, Max Waller 2/15)